Can Pregnant Women Use Essential Oils to Help With Backaches, Fatigue and Leg Cramps?
Many fear that use of essential oils during pregnancy will cause harm to the growing fetus but there is little or no evidence that this is true. Neither is there evidence that essential oils will terminate a pregnancy except from massive overdoses of only a few oils that are usually not even available in this country. Without the research, we really aren’t sure how much of the compounds found in essential oils actually cross the placenta to the growing child. There are few oils that have been proven to be dangerous during pregnancy. Expectant women can safely use essential oils for many problems including backaches, fatigue and leg cramps. Backache is a common problems associated with pregnancy because of the position or pressure of the growing fetus within the pelvic cavity. Leg cramps are also be a common complaint and often occur at bedtime. Most leg cramps are caused from the fatigue of carrying around extra weight. Cramps can be aggravated by the expanding uterus putting pressure
